RPF or railway protection force has been protecting our countries railway sations, trains and lines for the past 50years.They have been playing a vital role in decreasing the crimes happening in the trains and in the station. They work for twenty four hours for protecting our railway system. Every year they recruit candidates for the post of sub inspectors and constables in the railway protection force. Those candidates who will love to work for his nation can apply for this RPF Sub-Inspectors/Constables Exam. More over candidates who love policing can also apply for this job because this is an ample opportunity for them. The exam will be conducted by the Indian railways under the central government of India. Eligible candidates can also apply for the RPF Sub-Inspectors/Constables Exam. The candidates who successfully pass the test will need to work all over the country.

Structure of RPF Exam

The exam consists of both written test and physical test.

The written test consists of multiple questions from different topics like General knowledge, general English and essay writing. The questions will carry one mark each .for essay writing the topic will be given at the spot and candidate will need to write about that topic in not less than 300 words. Candidates can either use English language or Hindi language for writing the essay. Only unmarried males and females can apply for this entrance exam. After completing the exam results will be announced within few days and the selected candidates will need to come for physical and medical test conducted by the railway protection force for the post of sub inspector or constable in the railway protection force

Syllabus for RPF Exam

The questions will be from the following topics and their syllabuses are given below:

General knowledge

General English

Essay writing

Test of English language

There will be questions to check each candidate’s skill in English and his / her fluency in English. The questions will be based on:

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Sentence completion
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Comprehension of a passage

Test of General knowledge and general awareness

The questions will be based on the day today events. This is mainly asked to check the candidate’s knowledge about the important events taking place in his society.

Essay writing

Candidate can attend this test in Hindi or English language. The topic will be given at the time of exam. Candidate should be able to complete the exam in the time given.

Eligibility Criteria

For the post of sub inspector in various branches in railway protection force, the candidate should be a graduate from any subject with minimum 50% marks in the subject. The graduation degree should be from a well recognized college/university.

• The candidates applying for executive branch in the railway protection force will also need to hold a degree certificate.
• The candidates applying for fire and rescue service branch of the railway protection force should be 10+2 passed candidate or an equivalent diploma in fire fighting and science.
• Those candidates applying for the post of constables should have passed 10+2 or equivalent.
• Those applying for the post of sub inspector should be having an age not less than 20 and not more than 25.
• For the post of constables those candidates of 18 to 25 ages can apply.

The physical test consists of some physical standards, they are given below:

• A male candidate should have a minimum height of 165 cms( 160 cms  for sc / 150 cms for st / 165 for ex –service men)
• A female candidate should have a minimum height of 157 ms for general /st / sc / /obc.
• A male candidate should have a minimum chest of 80 cms (76.2 cms for sc / st) with expansion of five cm.
• The minimum weight required for all candidates are fifty kilogram for s c and fourty eight kilogram for S T.
• For gorkhas, arhwalis, kumaonese etc should not be less than one hundred and sixty centimeters and for female gorkhas,garhwalis,kumaonese etc should not be less than one hundred and fifty centimeters.

How to Apply?

The details of the application form and exam details will be available from the employment news. The students can use the application form given in the notification form.

How to fill the Form?

Filling the form is an important task as entering any wrong information can lead to the rejection of the form. All data’s entering should be correct. For that check the application form twice for mistakes.

Important Dates (Tentative)

Availability of application form will be from April , 2012

Application forms will be rejected if they reach after the end of May, 2012

List of RPF Exam centers

The lists of centers are:

• Delhi
• Andhra Pradesh
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Bihar
• Chhattisgarh
• Goa
• Gujarat
• Haryana
• Himachal Pradesh
• Jammu and Kashmir
• jharkhand
• Bangalore
• Thiruvananthapuram
• Bhopal
• Mumbai
• Imphal
• Shillong
• Aizawl
• Kohima
• Bhubaneswar
• Chandigarh
• Jaipur
• Gangtok
• Chennai
• Agartala
• Lucknow
• Dehradun
• Kolkata

Reference Books for RPF Exam

• Candidates can refer the following books,
• A Practical English Grammar by Thomson and Martinet
• Computer general awareness by Alok kumar.
• Ency of gk and general awareness by r p verma.
• Encyclopedia of general knowledge and general awareness by R P Verma
• General knowledge – khelkhude, khelkhude mein 2 by DR.TANWAR.
• General knowledge current affairs and who’s who?
• General knowledge digest by T M H
• General knowledge manual by Barry O’Brien
• Objective English for Competitive Examinations by Hari Prasad and Uma Sinha
• Practical English Usage by Michael Swan
• The general knowledge manual by upsc editorial board
• The New India Assurance Company Ltd. Administrative Officers Examination (Generalists) by Dr Lal and Jain.
• The pearson general knowledge Manual 2011 by edgar Thorpe
• The Pearson general knowledge manual 2011 by Edgar Thorpe
• Upkars LIC/GIC/OIC (AAO) Assistant Administrative Officers Exam by Dr. Lal & Jain.

Coaching Centers for RPF Exam

• The coaching institutes for RPF Sub-Inspectors/Constables Exam are given below;
• Tara institute
• Miglani tutorials
• Institute of judicial study
• Goal – not so far
• The planet vidya
• Akash institute
• Gupta classes
• Brilliants tutorials
• Krishna coaching institute
• Excellent coaching center
• Sree narayana institute
• T I M E
• Test Bag Academy
• T R E Education institute.
• Career sharpers
• S N Das gupta college
• Paramount coaching center
• Sachdev new p t college
• Akshardham the competitive exams academy
• I M S
• Career plus

Study Plan

While studying for the ore topics candidates should also maintain the physical standards then only the candidate get the job after clearing the written exam. Those candidates who clear the written exam but fails in the physical test will be disqualified for the post of SI and constables.

How and Where To Get the Results?

http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ is the web site where a candidate can view his / her results.

Score Validity

The score of the examination will valid until the next notification for the examination comes.